Table of Contents

Introduction: Celebrating 200 Years of Ricardian Trade Theory.- Part I David Ricardo and the Ricardian Trade Theory: 1817 to Today.- David Ricardo: His Personality, his Time and his Principles.- David Ricardo’s “On Foreign Trade”: The Original Idea.- The Standard Ricardian Trade Model.- The Ricardian Trade Theory: Implications and Applications.- Part II Scientific Conference “Celebrating 200 Years Ricardian Trade Theory” on May 12, 2017 at the University of Basel in Switzerland.- The Main Contribution of the Ricardian Trade Theory.- Comments on “The Main Contribution of the Ricardian Trade Theory” by Ronald W. Jones.- Discussion about “The Main Contribution of the Ricardian Trade Theory”.- Mill and Ricardo: The Genesis of Comparative Advantage.- Comments on “Mill and Ricardo: The Genesis of Comparative Advantage” by Roy J. Ruffin.- Discussion about “Mill and Ricardo: The Genesis of Comparative Advantage”.- Putting Ricardian Trade Theory to Work in 2017: Current Empirical Analyses.-Comments on “Putting Ricardian Trade Theory to Work in 2017: Current Empirical Analyses” by Jonathan Eaton.- Short Discussion about “Putting Ricardian Trade Theory to Work in 2017: Current Empirical Analyses”.- The Relevance of Ricardian Trade Theory for the Political Economy of Trade Policy.- What Next for Ricardo? Incorporating More Trade Distortions.- 200 Years of Ricardian Trade Theory: The Missing Dynamics.- Final Panel Discussion: Wilfred J. Ethier, Simon Evenett, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg and Rolf Weder.- Part III Back to the Future: Challenges of 2017 and the Original Idea of 1817.- Current Challenges of Globalization in the Light of the Ricardian Trade Theory.- On Foreign Trade. Chapter VII of On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817).